Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Merry Acres (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Merry Acres. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Merry Acres is located in Floyd County.
To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Floyd County: Cherokee (AL), Bartow, Chattooga, Gordon, Polk & Walker.
Below are the counties that are near Merry Acres. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Merry Acres:
- Floyd County (The home county of Merry Acres)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Acres, with the one closest to Merry Acres listed first.
- Robealou Acres
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Robealou Acres is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robealou Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 973 people
- Atlanta Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- Rosemont Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Rosemont Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Park
- Chiaha ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Chiaha is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chiaha
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,256 people
- Mount Berry
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rome
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lindale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Summerville Park
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summerville Park is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,243 people
- Silver Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Glenwood
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Glenwood is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenwood
- Oreburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Central Grove ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Central Grove is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Grove
- Estimated population in 2019: 377 people
- Coosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bartow County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Acres, with the one closest to Merry Acres listed first.
- Ligon ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ligon is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ligon
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,810 people
- Kingston
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Taylorsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Euharlee
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Adairsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Shellman ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Shellman is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellman
- Estimated population in 2019: 933 people
- Stilesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stilesboro is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stilesboro
- Estimated population in 2019: 518 people
- Cassville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Country Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Country Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Rodgers
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Rodgers is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodgers
- Cartersville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Buena Vista is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,053 people
- Interchange Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Interchange Village is located in Bartow County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interchange Village
- Chattooga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Acres, with the one closest to Merry Acres listed first.
- Taliaferro ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Taliaferro is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taliaferro
- Estimated population in 2019: 71 people
- Zula ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Zula is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zula
- Chattoogaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chattoogaville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattoogaville
- Lyerly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Berryton
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Berryton is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryton
- Summerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Pennville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Pennville is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennville
- Trion
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Menlo
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Cloudland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Euthtilloga ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Euthtilloga is located in Chattooga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euthtilloga
- Population from the 2010 Census: 29,011 people
- Gordon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Acres, with the one closest to Merry Acres listed first.
- Plainville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun Ferry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Calhoun Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calhoun Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 17,271 people
- Calhoun
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Sugar Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Farmville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
- Damascus
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Damascus is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Damascus
- New Town
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sonoraville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Sonoraville is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoraville
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,148 people
- Hill City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Hill City is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Resaca Ferry
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Resaca Ferry is located in Gordon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Resaca Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 803 people
- Resaca
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Haralson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Acres, with the one closest to Merry Acres listed first.
- Felton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Buchanan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tabernacle is located in Haralson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tabernacle
- Paulding County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Acres, with the one closest to Merry Acres listed first.
- Braswell
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Braswell is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Braswell
- Population from the 2020 Census: 386 people
- Hanlin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hanlin is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanlin
- Population from the 2010 Census: 3,298 people
- Forrister
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Forrister is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forrister
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,130 people
- Dallas
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Country Acres
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Country Acres is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Acres
- Population from the 2010 Census: 8,545 people
- New Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- New Hope is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Estimated population in 2019: 262 people
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Acres, with the one closest to Merry Acres listed first.
- Seney
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Seney is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seney
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,412 people
- Cedartown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Grady ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Grady is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grady
- Estimated population in 2019: 290 people
- Aragon
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Rockmart
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Etna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Etna is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
- Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
- Greenway ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Greenway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenway
- Esom Hill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Walker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Acres, with the one closest to Merry Acres listed first.
- Martindale
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Martindale is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martindale
- Population from the 2010 Census: 35,795 people
- Furnace ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Furnace is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace
- Bronco
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Bronco is located in Walker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronco
- Estimated population in 2019: 367 people
- Calhoun County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Acres, with the one closest to Merry Acres listed first.
- Dailey
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Dailey is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dailey
- Goshen ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goshen is located in Calhoun County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Piedmont
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Cherokee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Acres, with the one closest to Merry Acres listed first.
- Grantville ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Grantville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grantville
- Kirk's Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Kirk's Grove is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirk's Grove
- Cedar Springs ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Cedar Springs is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Sterling ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Sterling is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling
- Lawrence
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Lawrence is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
- Broomtown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Broomtown is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Broomtown
- Starkville ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Starkville is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkville
- Tecumseh
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Tecumseh is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tecumseh
- Gaylesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Howells Crossroads
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Howells Crossroads is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howells Crossroads
- Howells Crossroads has also been known as:
- Howells Cross Roads
- New Moon
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- New Moon is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Moon
- Noah
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Noah is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noah
- Ringgold
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ringgold is located in Cherokee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ringgold
- Cleburne County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Acres, with the one closest to Merry Acres listed first.
- Palestine
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Palestine is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
- Borden Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Borden Springs is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Borden Springs
- Oak Level
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Level is located in Cleburne County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
- DeKalb County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Merry Acres, with the one closest to Merry Acres listed first.
- Adamsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Adamsburg is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamsburg
- Lickskillet
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lickskillet is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickskillet
- Alpine
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Alpine is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
- Sigsbee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Sigsbee is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sigsbee
- Bankhead
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bankhead is located in DeKalb County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bankhead
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Merry Acres, see our County-by-County Page for Merry Acres.
Cemeteries Near Merry Acres ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Merry Acres.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Merry Acres - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Merry Acres covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Merry Acres, with the one closest to Merry Acres listed first.
- Shadyside Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Fellowship Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Rodeph Sholom Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Myrtle Hill Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Vanns Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Six Mile Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Vanns Valley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Old Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Oaknoll Memorial Gardens
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Old Seventh Ave. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Mountain End Lake Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Bush Arbor Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (468 more) ...
- Mountain View Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Birdsong Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Bobo Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Merry Acres in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Merry Acres.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Merry Acres, with the one closest to Merry Acres listed first.
- Atlanta Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Atlanta Junction is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta Junction
- New Rome
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- New Rome is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Rome
- Lindale
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Rome
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Silver Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- North Rome
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- North Rome is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Rome
- Cunningham
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Cunningham is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cunningham
- Landers ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Landers is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landers
- Reeseburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Reeseburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reeseburg
- Freemans ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Freemans is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freemans
- Oreburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Oreburg is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oreburg
- Chulio
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Chulio is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chulio
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Etowah
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Etowah is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etowah
- Dykes ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Dykes is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes
- Coosa
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Merry Acres. See our List of 1890's Communities around Merry Acres.
Newspapers Published in Merry Acres ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Merry Acres.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Merry Acres, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Merry Acres.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Merry Acres:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Floyd County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Bartow County
- Chattooga County
- Gordon County
- Haralson County
- Paulding County
- Polk County
- Walker County
- Calhoun County
- Cherokee County
- Cleburne County
- DeKalb County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Merry Acres, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Merry Acres) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |